REQUIRED READING

Churchill & Son

Josh Ireland (nonf iction, Dutton) Ireland takes a look at a father-and-son relationship like no other, as he explores the lives of Winston Churchill and his son, Randolph.

Northern Spy

Flynn Berry (f iction, Viking) BBC producer Tessa is at work in Belfast one day when news of an IRA raid comes through on air. They flash a picture of a suspect the police are searching for; it’s Tessa’s sister, Marian, pulling a black ski mask over her face. From that moment, Tessa’s world is thrown into chaos.

Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters

Andrew Morton (nonf iction, Grand Central Publishing) “Crown” viewers and royal enthusiasts will love this fascinating inside look at the relationship between Queen Elizabeth and her sister.

When I Ran Away Ilona Bannister (f iction, Doubleday)

When the Twin Towers collapse, Gigi Stanislawski flees lower Manhattan and gets on the Staten Island Ferry heading to her parents’ house. It’s there she sees Harry, a British man she’s run into at the coffee shop near her office. He spends that tragic day with her at her parents’ house. Ten years later, they run into each other again, this time falling in love.

The Secret Stealers Jane Healey (f iction, Lake Union Publishing)

Anna Cavanaugh is a widow and French teacher at a Washington, DC, private school. When she’s recruited by the Office of Strategic Services, they make her an offer she can’t refuse: acting as an undercover spy in Nazi-occupied France.

Every Vow You Break Peter Swanson (f iction, William Morrow)

Abigail Baskin thought she had won the marriage lottery when she became engaged to Bruce Lamb — stable, kind, and extremely wealthy. But a drunken onenight stand at her bachelorette party puts all of that in danger — and when Abigail goes on her honeymoon, she is horrified to see the one-night-stand stranger at the resort.